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@marcelias.bsky.social
Mark, have you had a chance to ponder this novel idea to get dark money out of our elections?
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
Mark, have you had a chance to ponder this novel idea to get dark money out of our elections?
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
The Corporate Power Reset That Makes Citizens United Irrelevant
By using their authority to define what corporations are—and what powers they hold—states can end the era of corporate and dark money in U.S. politics.
www.americanprogress.org
October 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
@marcelias.bsky.social
Mark, have you had a chance to ponder this novel idea to get dark money out of our elections?
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
Mark, have you had a chance to ponder this novel idea to get dark money out of our elections?
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
@wbmosler.bsky.social
Hi Warren - quick question for you please. A thoughtful trader friend (top-notch central bank watcher) suggested Kevin Warsh is a lock-in for Powell replacement. Have you met him? Any thoughts on how fiscal/monetary mix under Bessent (lead) and Warsh (supporting actor) (1/2)
Hi Warren - quick question for you please. A thoughtful trader friend (top-notch central bank watcher) suggested Kevin Warsh is a lock-in for Powell replacement. Have you met him? Any thoughts on how fiscal/monetary mix under Bessent (lead) and Warsh (supporting actor) (1/2)
October 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
@wbmosler.bsky.social
Hi Warren - quick question for you please. A thoughtful trader friend (top-notch central bank watcher) suggested Kevin Warsh is a lock-in for Powell replacement. Have you met him? Any thoughts on how fiscal/monetary mix under Bessent (lead) and Warsh (supporting actor) (1/2)
Hi Warren - quick question for you please. A thoughtful trader friend (top-notch central bank watcher) suggested Kevin Warsh is a lock-in for Powell replacement. Have you met him? Any thoughts on how fiscal/monetary mix under Bessent (lead) and Warsh (supporting actor) (1/2)
Sound deduction.
I know US media finds it inappropriate, but "we haven't even discussed the specifics" of security guarantees gives the game away.
Supposedly pursuing peace for 8 months, and haven't even talked about a key feature? Either total incompetence, or not really after peace, and should be covered as such.
Supposedly pursuing peace for 8 months, and haven't even talked about a key feature? Either total incompetence, or not really after peace, and should be covered as such.
[Q]: You ruled out boots on the ground in Ukraine, but how would air support as part of a security guarantee be any different? Wouldn't those US airmen also be in danger?
Trump: Well, you don't know what security guarantee because we haven't even discussed the specifics of it.
Trump: Well, you don't know what security guarantee because we haven't even discussed the specifics of it.
August 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Sound deduction.
Very thoughtful piece.
"Generative AI is a tool for false nostalgia of a past utopia that didn’t really exist, for lying that officials making things worse have accomplished admirable feats, for confusing and frustrating people with a “firehose of falsehood,” and for acclimating them to atrocities."
The Third Algorithm
ChatGPT and other generative AI isn't about to create superintelligence, but even if what we see now is it, the impact is on the scale of Google search and algorithmic social media, except maybe worse
www.arcdigital.media
August 24, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Very thoughtful piece.
Note to GOP: take a lesson from the way Catholic church addressed their abuse scandal. Sweeping Epstein case under the rug will only make matters worse. The truth shall set you free.
July 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Note to GOP: take a lesson from the way Catholic church addressed their abuse scandal. Sweeping Epstein case under the rug will only make matters worse. The truth shall set you free.
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Put USA working population in the denominator, recession is still 2-3 zipcodes away.
May 30, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Put USA working population in the denominator, recession is still 2-3 zipcodes away.
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Read Simon White on Bbg this week about robust USA capital markets. Don't take it for granted. 1/3 of the USA electorate is so freaking apathetic they can't be bothered to vote, 1/3 doesn't give a rat's a$s about the rule of law. Global investors are taking note.
May 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Read Simon White on Bbg this week about robust USA capital markets. Don't take it for granted. 1/3 of the USA electorate is so freaking apathetic they can't be bothered to vote, 1/3 doesn't give a rat's a$s about the rule of law. Global investors are taking note.
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While you highlight it, please note is the product of local journalism, which has been carrying a lot of the burden in an environment where national outlets simply can't cover everything everywhere all at once. Support your local journalists!
Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects
A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …
kfor.com
April 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
While you highlight it, please note is the product of local journalism, which has been carrying a lot of the burden in an environment where national outlets simply can't cover everything everywhere all at once. Support your local journalists!
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Trump Team (2022-24): Peace in Ukraine is so easy, we’ll accomplish it in a day.
Trump Team (2025): Hey you, Ukraine, give Putin what he wants.
Ukraine: No.
Trump Team: Hey you, Europe. Cut off Ukraine so they get scared and surrender.
Europe: No, shan’t.
Trump Team: Well, we’re out of ideas.
Trump Team (2025): Hey you, Ukraine, give Putin what he wants.
Ukraine: No.
Trump Team: Hey you, Europe. Cut off Ukraine so they get scared and surrender.
Europe: No, shan’t.
Trump Team: Well, we’re out of ideas.
April 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Trump Team (2022-24): Peace in Ukraine is so easy, we’ll accomplish it in a day.
Trump Team (2025): Hey you, Ukraine, give Putin what he wants.
Ukraine: No.
Trump Team: Hey you, Europe. Cut off Ukraine so they get scared and surrender.
Europe: No, shan’t.
Trump Team: Well, we’re out of ideas.
Trump Team (2025): Hey you, Ukraine, give Putin what he wants.
Ukraine: No.
Trump Team: Hey you, Europe. Cut off Ukraine so they get scared and surrender.
Europe: No, shan’t.
Trump Team: Well, we’re out of ideas.
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Vietnam has been one of the most pro-US countries in the world, in part due to concern about China.
US had a good trade deal with Vietnam and 10 others that excluded China (TPP), which Trump scrapped in his first term, promising better deals, getting none.
Now he’s got Vietnam cozying up to China.
US had a good trade deal with Vietnam and 10 others that excluded China (TPP), which Trump scrapped in his first term, promising better deals, getting none.
Now he’s got Vietnam cozying up to China.
(Reuters) - China and Vietnam signed dozens of cooperation deals on Monday, including on production and supply chains as well as railway cooperation, as Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the Southeast Asian nation, footage of the signed documents seen by Reuters showed.
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
China, Vietnam sign agreements on supply chains, railway cooperation
China and Vietnam signed dozens of cooperation deals on Monday, including on production and supply chains as well as railway cooperation, as Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the Southeast Asian nation, footage of the signed documents seen by Reuters showed.
www.reuters.com
April 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Vietnam has been one of the most pro-US countries in the world, in part due to concern about China.
US had a good trade deal with Vietnam and 10 others that excluded China (TPP), which Trump scrapped in his first term, promising better deals, getting none.
Now he’s got Vietnam cozying up to China.
US had a good trade deal with Vietnam and 10 others that excluded China (TPP), which Trump scrapped in his first term, promising better deals, getting none.
Now he’s got Vietnam cozying up to China.
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No country on earth has an even trade balance with every other, but the country that gets closest is North Korea.
If you become an impoverished, repressed pariah state, you too can have trade balances near zero!
If you become an impoverished, repressed pariah state, you too can have trade balances near zero!
April 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
No country on earth has an even trade balance with every other, but the country that gets closest is North Korea.
If you become an impoverished, repressed pariah state, you too can have trade balances near zero!
If you become an impoverished, repressed pariah state, you too can have trade balances near zero!
Gold 2-day jump of +6.2%, exceeds angst from Gulf War I onset and Brexit, among some noteworthy company. Tariff genie is out of the bottle. Buckle in.
April 11, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Gold 2-day jump of +6.2%, exceeds angst from Gulf War I onset and Brexit, among some noteworthy company. Tariff genie is out of the bottle. Buckle in.
DJIA vs NIKKEI.
A tale of two generational tops.
1990 Tokyo's Imperial Palace valuation = state of California. Fast forward to 2025: Fartcoin + DJT II = one toke over the line.
A tale of two generational tops.
1990 Tokyo's Imperial Palace valuation = state of California. Fast forward to 2025: Fartcoin + DJT II = one toke over the line.
April 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
DJIA vs NIKKEI.
A tale of two generational tops.
1990 Tokyo's Imperial Palace valuation = state of California. Fast forward to 2025: Fartcoin + DJT II = one toke over the line.
A tale of two generational tops.
1990 Tokyo's Imperial Palace valuation = state of California. Fast forward to 2025: Fartcoin + DJT II = one toke over the line.
Amen, brother. Scream it from the rooftops.
As a local cop, I’d like to say that dismantling of social services by the federal government, which helps fund vital services & programs for my neighbors, is insane.
It’s anti-fiscal
It’s anti-smart
It’s anti-community
And
It’s pro-misery
It’s pro-cruelty
Hell, it’s pro-crime
It’s anti-fiscal
It’s anti-smart
It’s anti-community
And
It’s pro-misery
It’s pro-cruelty
Hell, it’s pro-crime
April 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Amen, brother. Scream it from the rooftops.
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I also sold my 2008 Honda accord to myself for $1 million www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/t...
Elon Musk Says He Has Sold X to xAI
Mr. Musk said the deal valued xAI, his artificial intelligence start-up, at $80 billion, and X at $30 billion.
www.nytimes.com
March 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I also sold my 2008 Honda accord to myself for $1 million www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/t...
How many small towns in America (pop. <500) rely on a post office, school, or a DMV as a primary source of economic vitality?
March 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
How many small towns in America (pop. <500) rely on a post office, school, or a DMV as a primary source of economic vitality?
Hear ye, hear ye!
www.battlefields.org/learn/topics....
www.battlefields.org/learn/topics....
March 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Hear ye, hear ye!
www.battlefields.org/learn/topics....
www.battlefields.org/learn/topics....
USA is already a *very* productive nation. Let's keep it that way.
www.euronews.com/business/202...
www.euronews.com/business/202...
March 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
USA is already a *very* productive nation. Let's keep it that way.
www.euronews.com/business/202...
www.euronews.com/business/202...
March 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM